News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Air Force Reports F-16 Crash in Iraq
Remains of Kidnapped Iraqi Athletes Found
Gates to push Iraq to speed reconciliation - Video
Explosion destroys Sunni mosque in Basra
US launches new offensive around Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Homicide Bomber Kills 4

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Fatah On Offensive in West Bank - PHOTOS
Hamas Offers Fatah Amnesty in Gaza
Reporter's Notebook: Hamas in Control
Abbas to swear in Palestinian emergency government
Booby trap kills 6 soldiers at Lebanon camp - Video
U.S., Israel plan to ease sanctions to boost Abbas - Video (Man, this irritates the crap out of me)
House boosts domestic security funds for 2008

Fallen Heroes
Bill OKs Lowering Flags When Troops Die

Supporting Our Heroes
Help Troops on Fathers Day

Other Military News
Mail Call Finally Comes to Hospital
Outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Pace Refused to Voluntarily Retire
France to begin Chad humanitarian airlifts (Statement you'll never hear #12: "Oh, thank God - France is coming!")
Afghanistan vet helping other amputees
Seattle-area VA hospital criticized
Pentagon may drop mental health question
U.S. Navy SEALs (slide show)

Religion of Peace??
Manila's chief negotiator with Muslim rebels quits

Worldwide Wackos
N.Korea envoy eyes nuclear inspections soon
Iran debate intensifies within U.S. admin: NYT

Homegrown Moonbats
Barker says O'Donnell could replace him

Politics / Government
Hispanic Leaders Blast Schwarzenegger's Advice to Turn Off Spanish TV
China promises action on slave labor claims (Yeah....)
Justice aide close to prosecutor firings resigns
Romney: Anti-abortion activists won him over
Florida road leads to Alaska congressman
Clintons sell possibly troublesome stock

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
'I Cannot Admit to TellingA Lie I Didn't Tell' - Nifong denies hiding facts in rape case - VIDEO - PHOTOS
University of Montana Cornerback Charged With Murder
Suspect Arrested in Baseball Bat Murder Captured on Video in Los Angeles
University of California to Cancels Final Exam, Graduation Over Bomb Threats
Man Kills Self, Two Kids After Chase
Police: Shot Man Whose Family Was Killed in SUV Not a Suspect
Smelly Bandit Hits Three Banks in Southern California
Cop Slay Suspect Jailed Without Bail
Police: Children Who Died in Pittsburgh House Fire Left Home Alone, Playing With Matches Started Blaze
Families honor Mississippi men killed by Klan
'Miracle' girl sees attacker sentenced
Data on 64,000 Ohio state workers stolen

U.N. News
U.N. Official Stonewalling U.S. Request to Disclose North Korea Payment Records
U.N. talks help eels, elephants, slow extinctions - Video

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Angelina Jolie's Press Ban Touches Nerve

Science / Medicine / Technology
Parasitic Worm Unleashed in Woman After Heavy Drinking
Space Station's Computers Partly Back - PICS
Colgate says fake toothpaste a low health risk (Well, thank goodness the toothpaste manufacturer says their toothpaste isn't a risk...)
Most asthma patients have uncontrolled disease
Jet engine tested at 10 times speed of sound
World of e-sports braces for sea change
Text messengers to fight crime in Boston
Computer concerns on int'l space station fade - Video

Mother Nature
Is the Nile in Denial?

Oddities
I Can See More Than My House From Here
University Nixes Finals After Bomb Scare
Time Capsule Reveals Rusty Plymouth, Beer
Moms can now compete for Miss Spain beauty crown
Lebanon minister sues TV anchor over on-air gaffe

Other News of Note
Author exposes the real Che Guevara
Hanoi releases a third detainee on U.S. list
Missing Girl Found Alive

Fox News
David Hasselhoff Says He Won Custody of His Two Teen Daughters
Cabrera Takes Lead at U.S. Open - PHOTOS

Reuters: Top News
Overseas voting starts in French parliament race
Americans less happy today than 30 years ago: study
Celebrities share: "The best advice my father gave me"
O.J. Simpson's book rights may go to victim's dad
DeGeneres sweeps daytime Emmy awards
Stronger earnings outlook may lift stocks - Video
Stocks rally for third session - Video
Oil hits 10-month high
FDA declines to approve Encysive's Thelin
Bonds in relief rally on tame core inflation Video
Higher yields may buoy mortgage bonds
Demand for debt strong even if costly
Blackstone says tax changes could hurt value
Pearson seeking partners for Dow Jones bid: report
NYMEX explores sale of company: report
Delphi control may see fight among top stockholders
Toyota offers up to $3,500 rebate on pickup truck
Blackstone CEO's high profile sparks backlash
Banking & Finance: Wachovia to pay AG Edwards brokers not to leave
Consumer Products & Retail: UK supermarkets in price war as shoppers squeezed
Health: Merck rotavirus vaccine label to cite disease data
Tech, Media & Telco: UPDATE 3-Pearson seeking partners for Dow Jones bid--WSJ



AP World News
Barker caps career with Daytime Emmy win
Perez outduels Rocket to slow Yankees
Credit cards cut off gas purchases
30 percent of Cubans are overweight
Ex-Spice Girl: Murphy takes DNA test
Obituaries in the news
Ore. plane crash kills 3 on board

Military.com
DT: Chinese Cyberwar Alert!
Shock: Catching Insurgents
Blog: Rate the Army Wives TV Show
Podcast: Bing West Talks Iraq
House Hunting this Weekend?

CENTCOM: News Releases
13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT BEGINS OPERATIONS IN AL ANBAR

USJFCOM
Global force management efforts helps improve command's joint provision process - podcast
USJFCOM Transformation Advisory Group helps command shape future
More about the Transformation Advisory Group - podcast
Joint Transformation Command - Intelligence welcomes new commander
More about Joint Transformation Command - Intelligence - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
U.S. Soldiers celebrate Army’s 232nd birthday
West Baghdad market thrives during troop surge
Soldier follows grandfather’s footsteps
'IP’ Prep Course prepares Iraqis for police work
One Secret Cell terrorist killed, 10 detained
Steele arraignment set
Four terrorists killed, 20 detained in Coalition operations
Two insurgents killed after rocket attack near Samarra
Attack helicopters kill IED emplacers
Multiple-target air assault nets two insurgent leaders, five other suspected insurgents in northern

DefenseLink
Gates: Troop Surge Will Take Time to Judge
Gates Visits Iraq for Ops, Reconciliation Update
Reducing Stigma Key to Better Mental Health
Pace Pledges His Best Through End of Term
Pace Speaks About Jointness, Moral Courage
Aviation Unit Supports ‘Surge’ Forces in Baghdad
Army Warfighters Still Get Best Gear, Equipment (except for rifles, of course...and pistols....)
Security Ops Squeeze Insurgents, General Says
National Anthem Project Ends With Grand Finales
NATO Allies Discuss U.S. Missile Defense Wants
NATO Leader Lauds Troop Efforts in Afghanistan

More Headline News
Army Birthday Bash Features New Technology
Defense Department Supports Poppy Eradication
Too Early to Discern Trends in Iraq, Officials Say
Negroponte: ‘Harder’ Days Expected in Baghdad

Military News
Air Mobility Command Reaches 'R and R' Milestone
Eglin Partnership Helps Endangered Fish
Exchange Offers Calling Cards for Father’s Day

War on Terror
Terrorist Leaders Captured
Over 24 Enemy Fighters Killed
Four Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Taliban Suspects Killed, Held
Coalition Kills, Detains Terrorists
Afghan, Coalition Leaders Meet
Soldiers, Marine Killed in Iraq

America Supports You
Guide Offers PTSD Resources
It's Outback Steaks for Troops
Havoline Keeps Spouses Moving
Group is Keystone of Support
'Operation Homelink' Grows

Transformation
Seabees Get Intel Specialists
Medical Models Cut Time, Risk
Designer Finds Challenge in Medal
Navy Commissions USS Kidd
Meeting Focuses on Transformation

Face of Defense
Challenges, Triumphs for Marine
Air Corps Mentor Ends Tour
Soldier Serves Many Roles
Brothers Meet in Iraq
Father, Son Seek Out Iraq

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Over 24 Enemy Fighters Killed - Story

ON THE GROUND
Abu Nuwas Street Revitalization Center Opens - Story
Air Cavalry Soldier Discusses Father's Day - Story
Food Service Troops Prepare for Army’s Birthday - Story
Task Force Invites Coalition Partners to Forum - Story
Iraqi Security Forces Thwart Car Bomb Attack - Story

IN IRAQ
NBA Players Post Up with Servicemembers
Advisory Team Working with Iraqis in Baghdad
Training, Cooperation Push Iraqi Air Force
Baghdad Market Thrives During Troop Surge

IN DJIBOUTI
Marines Train Servicemembers in Martial Arts
Djibouti Boys Orphanage Receives Donation
Navy Exchange Brings More, Varied Products

IN AFGHANISTAN
Panjshir Opens Teachers’ Training College
Medical Outreach Brings Care to Afghans
Airmen Bring Hospital to Wounded In Afghanistan

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Today in History
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
1671 - In Moscow, Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin is tortured and executed.
1832 - Battle of Kellogg's Grove, IL.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1864 - The siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins.
1909 - The first US airplane sold commercially (by Glenn Curtiss) goes for $5,000.
1917 - The first Congress of Soviets convenes in Russia.
1922 - Henry Berliner shows off his helicopter to the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics.
1933 - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
1940 - A Commuinist government takes power in Lithuania.
1941 - The first Federally owned airport opens in Washington, DC.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West in Paris.
1975 - Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the U.S.S.R.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.

Birthdays:
1899 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)
1902 - Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist, Nobel Prize winner

Passings:
1686BC - Hammurabi the Great dies in Babylon
1216 - Pope Innocent III dies at 54
1671 - Stenka Razin Cossack rebel leader, tortured, executed in Moscow
1976 - Francis E. Meloy, Jr., US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed

Reported Missing in Action:
1965
Schumann, John R., US Army (MN); Ambushed, captured, died in captivity

1968
Bowman, Frank, USN (SC); PCF19 sunk, KIA, body not recovered

Chandler, Anthony Gordon Warner, USN (GA); remains returned 2001

Rupinski, Bernard Francis, USN (PA); F4J shot down, presumed killed

Wilber, Walter Eugene, USN (PA); Released by DRV February, 1973 (injured), later accused of mutiny while in captivity

1973
Cornelius, Samuel B., USAF(TX); F4E shot down, survival unlikely

Smallwood, John J., USAF (GA); F4E shot down, survival unlikely

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